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Urbanism and ICT... how current and future technologies are changing the way people use the city

Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Geocaching

A bit like meetup.comor bookcrossing in that the website provides a means to link physical space and commentary in virtual space. The basic idea is that it's a treasure hunt. You download the GPS coordinates to 'caches' (=treasure) on geocaching.com, set out and find the treasure... It seems to turn into a country walk once you leave the carpark but a country walk with a purpose. It seems to be pretty huge-- there are 210,284 active caches in 217 countries... I read about it in the Guardian.Like the other two examples, the activity in physical space wouldn't exist without the activity in 'virtual space', it's an integral part of it.